In the UK, Hasselhoff is better known for Baywatch and Knight Rider than his music, but in Germany and Austria he is, inexplicably, a chart-topping pop star. So, on New Year's Eve 1989, little over a month after the Berlin Wall came down, what greater symbol of reunification could the German public wish for to usher in a brave new dawn, than the Hoff, hovering above Brandenburg Gate, singing 'Looking for Freedom'. Hasselhoff, however, didn't feel his gesture was fully appreciated. He later explained that he felt he had moved people on both sides of the wall, and lamented: 'I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie.' In the UK, however, he will forever be associated with his camp speaking car, K.I.T.T. In 2004, at a Brian Wilson gig at the Royal Festival Hall, a heckler spotted the Hoff and shouted: 'You are nothing without your robot car, nothing!'

2. Jean Michel Jarre at the pyramids

On New Year's Eve 1999, JMJ performed a huge music and light extravaganza entitled The 12 Dreams of the Sun in the desert near Giza to celebrate the dawn of the new millennium, 5,000 years of civilisation in Egypt ... and his new album Metamorphoses.

3. Brian May atop Buckingham Palace

The poodle-permed Queen guitarist opened the Party at the Palace Jubilee Concert in 2002 by performing 'God Save The Queen' from the roof of HRH's residence. May was made a Commander of the British Empire last December.

The Wall of Hope concert in 1994 marked the 20th anniversary of the wall's restoration. Keys explained China was 'so much more historical than America'.

5. Rage Against The Machine on Wall Street

Militant rapcore/alt rockers RATM hired Michael Moore to film them playing on Wall Street for their 'Sleep Now in the Fire' video in 2000, causing the first early closure of the New York Stock Exchange.

6. Aphex Twin at the Barbican Conservatory

Aphex Twin's 1991 Barbican gig was transmitted to individual headsets, leaving punters free to roam the ornate conservatory. A more soothing experience than the time he DJ'd with a disc of sandpaper.

7. The Cramps at Napa State Mental Hospital

The lunatics took over the asylum in June 1978. The rare lo-fi film of this gig makes disturbing viewing, as several clearly damaged human beings respond to the insane racket. And that's just the band.

8. Presidents of the United States Of America at Mount Rushmore

The Presidents, best known in the UK for their 1995 hit 'Peaches' ('millions of peaches...' etc) performed a live MTV gig under the gaze of the Mount Rushmore presidents in 1996.

9. James Brown, The Spinners, Pointer Sisters and BB King At The Rumble In The Jungle, Zaire

Not content with Muhammad Ali v George Foreman, promoter Don King pulled together an impressive line-up for the accompanying gig.

10. Johnny Cash in prison

Cash played in several US correctional facilities, but Folsom prison (depicted in Walk The Line) and San Quentin were the most famous. One San Quentin con, Merle Haggard, saw Cash three times before becoming a country star himself after release.